{"id":1698,"date":"2026-02-01T08:14:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T08:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/?p=1698"},"modified":"2026-02-01T08:14:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T08:14:05","slug":"attacking-zanu-pf-empowerment-programmes-is-attacking-vision-2030-tungwarara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/2026\/02\/01\/attacking-zanu-pf-empowerment-programmes-is-attacking-vision-2030-tungwarara\/","title":{"rendered":"Attacking ZANU PF Empowerment Programmes Is Attacking Vision 2030 \u2013 Tungwarara"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Fanuel Chinowaita<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chipinge, 1 February 2026<\/strong><\/em>\u2014 Special Adviser for Investments to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Dr Paul Tungwarara, has said sustained attacks on ZANU PF\u2019s empowerment programmes amount to an assault on Zimbabwe\u2019s Vision 2030 and the country\u2019s broader development agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Tungwarara made the remarks yesterday while attending a ZANU PF National Cell Day meeting at Rusununguko Cell in Chipinge Central, held at Gaza Primary School, where he said the strong turnout reflected growing confidence in the ruling party and its leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking to journalists after the meeting, Dr Tungwarara said the large numbers that attended were a clear demonstration of grassroots support for ZANU PF and President Mnangagwa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI can actually see that people love the party and they love their President because they came out in their numbers,\u201d he said. \u201cI am also sure that there are new members who are joining the party, which I personally witnessed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Addressing criticism directed at the empowerment drive, Dr Tungwarara said opposition to the programme was resistance to national development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen you attack the empowerment programmes that ZANU PF is implementing, you are attacking the vision of this country,\u201d he said. \u201cVision 2030 is anchored on empowerment, economic growth and improving the livelihoods of our people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Tungwarara urged party leaders to remain grounded and connected to the party\u2019s liberation roots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe want to be leaders, but we must never forget the legacy of ZANU PF which brought independence to this country,\u201d he said. \u201cWhether you are Central Committee members, Politburo members or in other party structures, humility and loyalty to the grassroots must guide us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He commended President Mnangagwa for what he described as tangible economic reforms under the Second Republic, saying empowerment remained central to national transformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI want to thank our President, Comrade Emmerson Mnangagwa, for what he has done in this new dispensation to ensure that the economy is changing,\u201d Dr Tungwarara said. \u201cEmpowerment is ongoing and it has not stopped.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, he acknowledged challenges in the early phases of the empowerment programme, particularly around accountability, saying corrective measures were now being put in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you followed the empowerment drive when it was launched, people were receiving funds but there were no proper records on how the money was being used,\u201d he said. \u201cThat is why the party, through the Commissariat Department, is now strengthening monitoring and evaluation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said a new framework, being spearheaded by the party\u2019s Secretary-General, would track the disbursement and utilisation of empowerment funds across all party affiliates, including the Youth League and War Veterans League.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe purpose of empowerment is not just to distribute money, but to produce visible results on the ground,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ZANU PF Manicaland Chairperson Tawanda Mukodza said attendance across the province during National Cell Day demonstrated the party\u2019s strength at grassroots level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe attendance was very good,\u201d Mukodza said in an interview with the Journalists in Chipinge . \u201cThose who did not attend had genuine reasons such as being at work or attending funerals, but the core of the party was present.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added that ZANU PF was continuing to attract new members from other political formations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are many people who have come from other parties and are now joining our cells,\u201d Mukodza said. \u201cIf a cell has 50 members and more than three-quarters attend, it shows the party is strong.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mukodza said he had toured Mutasa, Mutare and Chipinge and found party structures active and intact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

National Cell Day saw ZANU PF cells across the country convene simultaneously as the ruling party intensifies grassroots mobilisation efforts in line with Vision 2030.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Fanuel Chinowaita Chipinge, 1 February 2026\u2014 Special Adviser for Investments to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Dr Paul Tungwarara, has said sustained attacks on ZANU PF\u2019s empowerment programmes amount to an assault on Zimbabwe\u2019s Vision 2030 and the country\u2019s broader development agenda. Dr Tungwarara made the remarks yesterday while attending a ZANU PF National Cell Day…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1698"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1700,"href":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1698\/revisions\/1700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}